William James: 492 books

It is astonishing to see how many philosophical disputes collapse into insignificance the moment you subject them to this simple test of tracing a concrete consequence. There can be no difference any-where that doesn't make a difference elsewhere—no difference in abstract truth that doesn't express...

What is an Emotion? Our natural way of thinking about the standard emotions is that the mental perception of some fact excites the mental affection called the emotion, and that this latter state of mind gives rise to the bodily expression. The thesis on the contrary is that the bodily changes follow...

"The Ancient Healer In The 21st Century" There is a growing consensus in the world that the massive expenditures on medical research have failed to demonstrate any significant improvement in society's level of health. The incidence of major chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease...

This is a story about a boy who was told if he kept digging he would end up in China. Because of his sister's fearlessness and some fantastic friends, he finds himself in Beijing. In this comical retelling, the group meets in Beijing to support the boys sister, who is running The Great Wall Marathon....

The purpose of this book is to supply Wagner lovers with a single work which shall meet all their needs. The author has told the story of Wagner's life, explained his artistic aims, given the history of each of his great works, examined its literary sources, shown how Wagner utilised them, surveyed the...

In the history of the last two thousand years there is but one Person who has been, and is supremely loved. Many have been loved by individuals, by groups of persons, or by communities; some have received the pliant idolatries of nations, such as heroes and national deliverers; but in every instance...

That a man should assume that his life is worth the venture of a record in the form of an autobiography suggests a degree of self-conceit of which I am not guilty. From my own initiative this would never have been written, and the first suggestion that I should write it, coming from a man of such experience...

This book is not a reconstruction plan for the United States of America's vast system of roads and bridges. Instead, it is a very simple collection of commonsense, low cost and no cost ideas that could or should help the system last longer. A little longer useful life for roads and bridges could buy some much needed time before the money is found for major improvements and replacements.

What is reality? How do we know what we know? This posthumous collection of writings on consciousness and epistemology, published in 1912, comes to form a treatise in its own right through such essays as “Does ‘Consciousness’ Exist?”, “A World of Pure Experience,”  “The Thing and its Relations,” “The Essence of Humanism,” “How Two Minds Can Know One Thing,” and more.

The Cliffs of Leavenworth is a Civil War novel.  Leavenworth is a very real and charming town on the Ohio River in Indiana.  A large group of well equipped Confederate soldiers cross the Ohio to "buy" horses in Indiana.  The small towns in the area have only citizen soldiers to defend...

This book tells you all about tantric massage and tantric sex. If you have always wondered what it means or how to learn one then this is the right book for you. Tantric massage has a lot of benefits so it is advisable for you to read and learn about it. Apart from relaxation in which this massage...

Les tendances religieuses de l’homme présentent au moins autant d’intérêt pour le psychologue qu’aucun autre fait de l’esprit humain. Je me propose de les étudier en les prenant uniquement comme des faits de conscience. Mon étude étant toute psychologique, ce ne sont pas les institutions,...